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May 2018

The hanging gardens of Ada

28 baskets from Methodist church to College Avenue

By Monty Siekerman
Village employees Eli Sexton and Cheryl Geer install 28 hanging baskets of vining petunias on light poles along Main Street on Wednesday.

By fall, the baskets will be dripping with color with varieties named fuchsia, bubblegum and silverberry.

The show will extend from the United Methodist Church south to College Avenue.

ONU put up hanging baskets in front of Dukes and Lehr buildings last week in time for last Sunday’s commencements. Anyone wanting to donate more baskets for Ada next year may call Village Administrator Jamie Hall for details.

Ada pool passes on sale next week

Pool is filled and ready for opening day May 26

By Monty Siekerman
Season pool passes will be sold at the Ada Pool from 4-7 p.m. Monday through Friday next week. Buying an Early Bird pool pass early can save you $10.

Here’s the cost this year:
$4 for a daily pass
$50 season pass, if purchased by June 10
$60 season pass, if purchased after June 10
$10 deducted, if an Ada taxpayer
No family passes.

The Inn at ONU taking law commencement brunch reservations

The Inn at Ohio Northern University will hold a law commencement brunch from 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, May 20. Two reservation times are available: 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Graduating students are guests of the Pettit College of Law at no charge. Open the attachment below for additional details and brunch prices for adults and children.

For reservations call 419-772-4112.

Bulldogs at district track meet

By Cort Reynolds

FINDLAY - The Ada track and field teams competed on day one of the Div. III district meet Thursday at Findlay High School.

 

The Bulldog boys are seventh of 15 teams after one day with 10 points. The Lady Bulldogs are 12th. Liberty-Benton is first in both the male and female team standings.

 

Ada senior Logan Williams took sixth in the long jump finals, while junior Noah Mattson came in seventh in the discus finals.

 

The Bulldog boys 4 x 800 relay quartet finished fourth in the finals to make it to the regionals.

 

The top four finishers in an event qualify to the Tiffin regionals May 23/25.

 

Ada High School Choir will perform

The Ada High School Choir will perform at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22, at the school auditorium. At the end of the program, students will receive awards for their year’s of participation in the vocal music program.

The Varsity Singers will perform their Ohio Music Education Association
contest pieces of “O Sifuni Mungu,” “Bright Morning Stars” and “Exultate Domino.”

The Ada Vocal Ensemble will sing "When You Believe,” "Africa" and a
Zulu tribal welcome song.

Molinaro, Boyd do well at invitational

NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Seniors Matt Molinaro (Sterling Heights, Mich./DeLaSalle) and Samuel Boyd (Killbuck/West Holmes) each competed on day two of the Gregory Invitational hosted by North Central (Ill.) to lead the Ohio Northern men's outdoor track and field team on Thursday afternoon.

No team scores were kept in the meet.

Molinaro paced the duo, winning the 800-meter run in 1:50.91. The senior currently holds the fourth best time nationally following the completion of ONU's regular season.

Women conclude season with strong performance

NAPERVILLE, Ill. — The No. 9-ranked Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field team capped its regular season with a strong showing at the North Central (Ill.) Gregory Invitational on Thursday afternoon.

 

No team scores were kept in the meet.

Senior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) led the way with a second place finish in the 400-meter dash, finishing in a season-best :56.49 and moving into 19th place nationally in the event.

Building a financial future

Becoming intentional and organized with spending, saving, and investing is crucial for building financial security

By Orrie Augsburger

Adviser Assistant at

Faith Investment Services
Bluffton, 419-358-4207

Controlling your finances is the cornerstone to establishing a secure financial future.

Unfortunately, we need money to operate and life does not seem to be getting any cheaper. Becoming intentional and organized with spending, saving, and investing is crucial for building financial security. Fortunately, there are various apps and methods to help you develop plans and budgets to set you on track to meet your goals. However, budgets and plans are only effective if you use them.

Here's the 2018 Ada HS senior awards

Presented during the senior honors awards banquet

Awards were presented at the Ada High School senior honor awards banquet on Wednesday evening at the school cafeteria. Departmental awards, scholarships, and  scholastic awards were among those announced.

Scholarship totaling over $100,000 awarded

Many businesses, agencies and organizations present awards to AHS seniors

Many businesses, agencies, and organizations provided and presented scholarships totaling over $100,000 to Ada High School graduating seniors last night at an awards banquet. Receiving scholarships were:

Ada High School will honor its graduates of the Class of 2018 on Sunday, May 27, at 2:00 pm in the high school gymnasium.  At the Senior Honor Awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 16, it was announced that Olivia Alexander, Kiser Colley, Alexander Hurtig, Lyric Jones, Erryk Katayama, Noah Pinkney and Melina Woods have earned the honor of Valedictorians, while Terry Sheridan was named Salutatorian.

Olivia Alexander, daughter of Rob and Shelleigh Alexander

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